The hunt for King James I's lost royal tomb begins

During a conspiracy to seize the throne in Scotland, King James I was brutally murdered in Perth in 1437.

King James I of Scotland

James was buried at the Charterhouse in Perth which has long since gone and, now, a major heritage project, headed up by Professor Richard Oram of Stirling University and
president of the Scottish Castles Association
, aims to not only locate the monarch's final resting place, but recreate it some 580 years on from his untimely death at the age of 42.

The Victorian monument at Charterhouse in Perth where the search will begin